Patents by Inventor Laura Costa

Laura Costa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6915933
    Abstract: An apparatus, for transporting a stroller, includes a sac for receiving a stroller therethrough. A support device is connected adjacent to the bottom end portion of the sac and selectively a frame of a stroller. The wheels of a stroller are allowed to extending outwardly from the open bottom end portion of the sac so that same can be rolled along the ground rather than carried on a user's back. A plurality of elongate straps allows the apparatus to be removably positioned on a back of a user. The apparatus may further include a plurality of adjustable clips cooperating with the plurality of straps respectively and for allowing a length thereof to be selectively adjusted. The apparatus may further include device for selectively closing the top end portion of the sac and for assisting to stabilize a stroller positioned therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Inventors: Laura A. Costa, Susana Couto
  • Publication number: 20050017039
    Abstract: An apparatus, for transporting a stroller, includes a sac for receiving a stroller therethrough. A support device is connected adjacent to the bottom end portion of the sac and selectively a frame of a stroller. The wheels of a stroller are allowed to extending outwardly from the open bottom end portion of the sac so that same can be rolled along the ground rather than carried on a user's back. A plurality of elongate straps allows the apparatus to be removably positioned on a back of a user. The apparatus may further include a plurality of adjustable clips cooperating with the plurality of straps respectively and for allowing a length thereof to be selectively adjusted. The apparatus may further include device for selectively closing the top end portion of the sac and for assisting to stabilize a stroller positioned therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Laura Costa, Susana Couto
  • Publication number: 20040126878
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for preparation of immunologically inert amniotic membranes using foetal membranes collected from programmed caesareans, under sterile conditions. The immunologically inert amniotic membrane of the invention may be applied to the preparation of a product to be used as a skin substitute in 2nd or 3rd degrees burns, as nerve sleeve to guide regeneration of the peripheral nerves, as cornea graft, in the reconstruction of the bladder and urethras, in the correction of cardiac malformations such as inter-auricular and inter-ventricular communications and in the reconstruction of valvular leaflets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Maria Ramos, Laura Costa, Angelica Roberto